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Prolongations of the Fundamental Structure (Neighbour Note) Schenker suggests that some neighbour note prolongations of the fundamental structure lend themselves particularly well to creating larger sections of music - upper neighbour notes to  and  .
In the example below, the neighbour note could give rise to a piece of music in three sections - an initial section in the tonic, a middle one in the subdominant and a return of the first section with a final cadence in the tonic. An example of this prolongation lying behind a short section of music can be found here  Note that a lower neighbour note to |
